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State Rep. Beverly Boswell on March 16, 2018, criticized a school leader who held an assembly on the day of the national school walkout to honor the victims of the recent Florida shooting.

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The legislature's budget provided money for "downtown revitalization projects" in 75 communities across the state, but many of those communities aren't using the grants for downtown efforts.

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While Democratic Party leaders and some legislators have called for Rep. Duane Hall to resign amid sexual misconduct allegations, North Carolina House leaders and the majority of the chamber's legislators aren't speaking publicly about Hall or the push for strengthened sexual harassment policies.

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In a North Carolina Republican primary, a campaign ad for Rep. Robert Pittenger of Charlotte says his opponent Rev. Mark Harris "worked to stop Trump." PolitiFact NC fact checked the claim.

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The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. Rep. Cedric Richmond, wants his NCAA task force to study several issues with the NCAA, including academics, recruiting and financial payments. North Carolina’s academic scandal with the NCAA results in years of hearings and appeals, but the school was not disciplined in the end for its no-show classes.

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North Carolina’s public records law doesn’t require state and local agencies to mail records either electronically or via a delivery service at a reasonable cost to the requester. It gives agencies that option, or to simply make the records available on site.

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All staff members at the NC General Assembly will have to take a mandatory workplace harassment training course in April, according to an email sent by Legislative Services Officer Paul Coble on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.

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In North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, Rev. Mark Harris and Rep. Robert Pittenger are squaring-off in the Republican primary for a second time. PolitiFact NC fact checks a claim from Harris.

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A $58 million payment regarding the Atlantic Coast Pipeline should trigger a criminal investigation into NC Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, say NCGOP leaders Dallas Woodhouse and Robin Hayes. The fund is also the subject of an ethics complaint.

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An investigation found that governing boards that meet in closed session are often slow to hand over legally required records that detail what they discuss in secret, if they provide them at all. When they are produced, they’re often heavily redacted, raising questions about how closely those boards are following the law.

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Rick Gates, the Washington lobbyist and former campaign aide to Donald Trump who is now caught up in the Russia probe, had to grapple with another political scandal 12 years earlier in North Carolina.

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When North Carolina school board members retreat behind closed doors to discuss sensitive public business, the amount of information they share with the public afterwards varies greatly.

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